RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
cod. 02645

Academic year 2019/20
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub:
course unit
in ITALIAN

Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Learning objectives

Reading and critical reasoning about scientific articles in rehabilitation
knowledge of statistical elements to understand results of a clinical study
knowledge of different studies in epidemiology
Self-choosing of final thesis and writing a research protocol

Prerequisites

elements of bio-statistic

Course unit content

clinical research methodology in rehabilitation

Full programme

introduction to the scientific method
scientific article: structuring, essential elements, bibliography styles
epidemiological studies and evidence pyramid
reference database in rehabilitation
first and second-level literature
descriptive and inferential statistics applied to clinical trials
focus on UNIPR graduation thesis

Bibliography

teacher's lessons and slides.
further in-depth text:
Vellone, M Sciuto. Bibliography research – Applications in the nursing and health sciences. Mc-Graw Hill, 2001.

Teaching methods

frontal lessons
Skilling at PC
group work
writing of individual papers

Assessment methods and criteria

individual drafting on the state of the art of a particular disease or clinical question

Other information

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